The Dream Trip photos

Golden-backed Uakari illustrated by james Hutchinson

Michaels visiting Giant water lilly lake near Manaus

Dr. Charles Munn III, the genius!

C. purpurata? in the Jau river

Gil Serique holding a Car5l Zeiss and watching a tree frog in mamiraua.

Gil Serique, Charles Munn, Ann and Tico(?) from Mamiraua reserve

The Anavilhanas archipelago seen from a plane

Festive parrot

Scarlet macaw photographed at Ecopark area near Manaus

Anhinga)aka snakebird) from Mamiraua Ecological Station

Striated Heron

Anthony Corami, Ann and the two Michaels chilling on the yacht on the Jau River

Canopy walk on the Ecopark

Tree-climbing with Dudu near Manaus

Great egrets near Mamiraua ecological station

Red Uakari aka English Monkey at Mamiraua Ecological Station

Michael and his Uakari trophy photograph

The meeting of the waters in Manaus

Group picture before taking the flight over Manaus

Golden backed Uakari at Jau National park

Gil Serique and Anthony Cerami

At mamiraua

Watching Hoatzins and other wildlife at Mamiraua Eco-station

She is nice!

Juvenile tiger-heron at Jau national park

Gil Serique

Dr. Charles Munn when exploring the Mamiraua Ecological Station with a group of friends

On a search of Red Uakari at Mamiraua

Playing with Pink Dolphins at Acajutuba

Red Uakaru ssp

A bee threatening a Black cayman at Mamiraua

Next Adventure

My best time amongst many amazing moments I have lived have been guiding. My next adventure made me write this just because I will be co-guiding an amazing tour with my friend Dr. Charles Munn III. He is such a genius. We have worked together before in Peru where we implemented Manu Wildlife Centre, in Southen Piaui where we creted opportunities for trappers turn into eco-guide and scientists field assistants and in the Pantanal where we guarantee observation of Jaguars and all others big south America mammals.

Dr. Charles Munn III

This time we shall fly from Manaus to Tefe with 4 friendly clients and spend a few days at Mamiraua(57,000 km2) where wildlife is highly abundant: Red Uakari, Three-toed sloths, Amazon river dolphin, Hoatzin, Giant Otters, Caymans and an array of other representatives of the Amazon fauna. Mamiraua was founded by out late friend Marcio Ayres who will always be in our hearts as a good mate and most respectable conservationist.

Marcio Ayres

We shall next then explore the Jau National park which reminds the size of tropical rainforest Charlie and his team have helped protected until some 8 years ago: 5.6 million acres (23,000 km²). At Jau we shall focus on observing Black Uakari, a quite elusive and not quite studied primate species.





In between that we shall do some canopy climbing, fly over the meeting of the waters and the Anavilhanas archipelago swim with pink dolphins, learn a bit of Manaus history and of course have some fun and change ideas and discussing how we can more effectively protect more Rainforest.
Learn about the many great adventures he can provide you at www.Southwild.com and his conservation projects at www.tropicalnature.org

A bird eye view of my home-town (part II)

Soya bean farm near Belterra

Cargill port in Santarem

soya bean field from up above near Santarem

Adam Bolt

the standing trees are Brazil nut trees

soy-bean fields near Santarem

Preparing area for soy-bean or cattle farm near Santarem

Piranhas are...

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...often neglected by natives, but whoever comes to visit the Amazon have them as a great attraction and never misses the opportunity to taste them, with manioc flour and tucupi of course.

Fishing piranha at maica

fish barbecue

Fabricio, Mike and a black piranha

bone gunting

*featuring Saba, Mike and Fabricio aka Amazon dinosaur bone hunter